Use of Shredded Recycled Plastic as Filter Bed Packing in a Vertical Flow Filter for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Plants: Preliminary Findings

Household wastewater is a problem, especially in areas with a dispersed settlement where there is no wastewater collection system or wastewater treatment plant. In this case, it is necessary to build a local or onsite wastewater treatment plant. This paper is an attempt to analyse the possibility of...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 15; no. 3; p. 1883
Main Authors Chmielowski, Krzysztof, Halecki, Wiktor, Masłoń, Adam, Bąk, Łukasz, Kalenik, Marek, Spychała, Marcin, Niedziółka, Arkadiusz, Łaciak, Mariusz, Roman, Michał, Mazurkiewicz, Jakub
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2023
Subjects
ABS resins
Acrylonitrile
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Biochemical oxygen demand
Chemical oxygen demand
Domestic wastewater
Efficiency
Equipment and supplies
Filtered wastewater
Hydraulic loading
Measuring instruments
Mechanical properties
Methods
Onsite
Plastics
Pollutants
Pollution
Polyethylene terephthalate
Purification
Recycled materials
Recycling
Sewage
Sewage disposal
Solid suspensions
Styrene
Sustainability
Total suspended solids
Vertical flow
Wastewater collection
Wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plants
Water quality
Water treatment
Water treatment plants
Poland
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Summary:Household wastewater is a problem, especially in areas with a dispersed settlement where there is no wastewater collection system or wastewater treatment plant. In this case, it is necessary to build a local or onsite wastewater treatment plant. This paper is an attempt to analyse the possibility of using recycled shredded ABS plastic (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) as packing media in an experimental vertical flow filter for use in on-site wastewater treatment plants. Studies have shown that shredded recycled ABS is a promising filtration material that has several features important in the treatment process, like a large surface area, high mechanical strength and chemical inertness. The system was operated with a hydraulic load of 50 dm3/m2 (3 months). BOD5 (biochemical oxygen demand), COD (chemical oxygen demand), and total suspended solids (TSS) reduction efficiency in the primary effluent was high; 94.4%, 77.8%, and 92.8%, respectively.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su15031883